Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 799 › Conversation 799-025
Nixon & Butterfield on Executive Office Building and Health Unit
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 4:30 PM–4:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 799-25
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Unknown person’s schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB] Health Unit
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:36 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 799-025, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181847). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-025 (accessed November 15, 2026).